One of the things that, in retrospect, it was clear should have tipped me off to the whole overactive thyroid problem was my inability to do relatively minor or moderate physical activity without falling apart. I mean, yes, our yard is not small, but it's pretty damn flat. And using our electric mower, which is self-propelling for goodness' sake, should not have felled me after doing a quarter of the lawn inside our fence.
But even when we got my thyroid under control, I didn't suddenly have a reasonable energy level. I mean, keeping up with even the lowest level of housework was more than I could manage, not and do things like work a full-time job.
Today, however, I felt well enough to shovel a six-inch snowfall off of our very, very, very long stretch of sidewalk.
Yes, I'm tired. Yes, my muscles are kind of protesting this newish activity. But I felt well enough to do it, and I did it, and I'm feeling quite proud. Go iron supplement go!
Oh, that's terrific!!
Posted by: dale | March 03, 2009 at 01:18 PM